The Committee overseeing evidence gathering on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has given in to pressure to include a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO) on their list of witnesses giving oral evidence this week. The UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Monitoring Coalition welcomes the decision to include Disability Rights UK (DR […]
Assisted Dying Bill: DDPOs Welcome Last Minute U-Turn But Criticise Inadequate Scrutiny Process
Liz Kendall: Don’t Continue With WCA Cuts: Northern Ireland Edition
28.10.2024 Dear Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions We are writing in response to contradictory media reports about whether the measures to tighten the Work and Capability Assessment (WCA) changes announced by the previous government in November 2023 will or will not be going ahead. The consequences of these […]
Call For Rethink Over "Horrendous" Disability Benefit Cut Plans: Northern Ireland Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 0.00 TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2024 The letter signed by 25 disability organisations and trade unions states: Disability organisations and trade unions have written to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, calling for a rethink over government plans to cut out of work benefits for severely Disabled benefit […]
Press Release: Disabled People Demand. A celebration of disabled people's creativity and our demands for the new Government
Press Release For Immediate Release 14th July 2024 On Thursday 18 July at Parliament Square, a host of disability rights campaigns and allies will welcome the new Labour government into office by presenting a set of solutions to the multiple crises faced by disabled people across the UK; followed by a celebration of our culture through music, […]
Linda Yaccarino CEO of X: Lift Irish Disabled Activist's Suspension
Ms Linda Yaccarino On the afternoon of Thursday 4th July, I received notification that three of my X accounts were suspended. @castleDD, @MyWayAccess and @DPACni. I was given no indication why these accounts were suspended. @castleDD is a paid Blue Tick account, so I expected an explanation for that account alone. I submitted appeals, which […]
DPAC NI Examines Local Manifestos for Deaf and Disabled People
With the election this Thursday, finally all the parties in Northern Ireland have their manifestos available for you to read and to win your vote. What do their manifestos have on offer for disabled voters? DPAC NI are not endorsing any parties running for election, but are merely giving you all the information they have […]
Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland (DPAC NI) Endorses UN Criticism Over CRPD Failures
Yesterday the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities published a report on the progress of the UK Government’s progression since 2016. This same committee found the austerity and welfare policies were a key component to violations of Disabled Person’s Human Rights. The UN Committee saw no evidence in 2024 that the UK […]
UN Rapporteurs Questions UK Government Over Benefits Deaths and Austerity - Press Release
On 18 March 2024 the UK Government provided their oral defence to the United Nations Committee for the Rights of Disabled People, regarding the UK’s “grave and systematic” violations of the UNCRDP. This comes after they refused to attend the last evidence session in August 2023 – requesting a delay to March 2024 – when […]
Press Release - Deaf and Disabled People to Witness United Nations Scrutiny of UK Government’s Human Rights Record
Deaf and Disabled People to Witness United Nations Scrutiny of UK Government’s Human Rights Record On Monday 18 March Deaf and Disabled campaigners [and trade unionists] from across the UK including Northern Ireland will gather in Geneva to watch the UK [and devolved] governments give evidence to the United Nations. The public session is part […]
Fermanagh and Omagh Launch ICAN FEST 2024
From Thursday 29 February to Saturday 30 March 2024, children, young people and adults with disabilities will be able to attend various activities, including Watercolours, Ceramics, Felt Art and Yoga amongst others. The project has been funded by the Public Health Agency and supported by the Now Group, Angel Eyes NI, South West Storm Wheelchair […]